chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
adds force or indicates command
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
business world; business circles; (the) industry
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
work experience; work history
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
straight; as the crow flies
after that; afterwards; thereafter
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
finding employment; getting a job
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
vocational school; technical school
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
choices; alternatives; options
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
company; corporation; workplace
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
environment; circumstance
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
for a while; for some time; for a period
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
time; hour; period; class
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize